Different banner on each forumbit

This is an update of my previous have hack https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=63994


This modification will add an image banner with link and text to each forum you choose, and display it in on your forumhome postbits, you can have a different banner for each forum with additional text above the banner like Sponsored by or affiliated with, or you can choose to have no text.

Please click install for support

This will only work on vBulletin 3.5.0 RC1 and above this will not work on versions before RC1

20050929 - Updated zip with Firefox fix
20050930 - Updated zip with Real Firefox fix, plus added text under image code
20051122 - Updated html again

[DiSS Troya]

Does this work for 3.5.2? Have all the bugs been worked out?

[UK Jimbo]

Seems to work fine for me on v3.5.3

If you're upgrading from the older v3.0.x version of it you might want to use the following queries to copy the old data over after you've installed the hack:

UPDATE forum SET fh_banner=fhbanner;
UPDATE forum SET fh_url=fhbannerlink;
UPDATE forum SET fh_text=fhmessage;

After making this change you'll need to flush the forum cache. From the forum manager choose to edit any forum (it doesn't matter) and save it without making any changes.


If you want to remove the columns created by the older v3.0.x hack you can use the following SQL

ALTER TABLE forum DROP fhbanner;
ALTER TABLE forum DROP fhbannerlink;
ALTER TABLE forum DROP fhmessage;

[The Chief]

Installed this is great and SOO easy to modify for your needs...

thanks so much!!

/me clicks install

[m_k]

this is exactly what I needed for some links back to main site

<clicks install>

thanks for a great hack :-)

[m_k]

could this be modified to add a second banner next to the first one? would that be difficult to implement?

[foulplay]

I can't get my banner to show. I followed the directions. I guess i'm confused in creating my folder like it says:

Create a "fhbanner" folder EX: $vbhome/images/fhbanner

I don't know what's $vbhome? I did it like this: forums/images/fhbanner

Is that the same thing as $vbhome?

[Beermonster]

Originally Posted by ant0nio

I can't get my banner to show. I followed the directions. I guess i'm confused in creating my folder like it says:

Create a "fhbanner" folder EX: $vbhome/images/fhbanner

I don't know what's $vbhome? I did it like this: forums/images/fhbanner

Is that the same thing as $vbhome?

If you forums are in a forums dir then forums/images/fhbanner would be correct, basically find your images dir and make a fhbanner dir in it

[foulplay]

Originally Posted by Beermonster

If you forums are in a forums dir then forums/images/fhbanner would be correct, basically find your images dir and make a fhbanner dir in it

I did that..but for the Love of God, it's not working for me. I followed the hack to the "T" and still my banners won't show up. I know I copied and edited the Template : forumhome_forumbit_level2_post and added the following code:

<!-- Ad Banner Start Firefox Friendly Text above image -->
<table align="right" border="0"><tr><td align="center" valign="top">
<if condition="$forum['fh_banner']"><font size="1">$forum[fh_text]</font><br><a href="http://$forum[fh_url]" target="_blank"><img src="images/fhbanner/$forum[fh_banner]" alt="$forum[fh_url]" border="0" /></a></if>
</td></tr></table>
<!-- Ad Banner end Firefox Friendly Text above image -->

I also imported the file: "banner_ad_postbits.xml"


What am I doing wrong??? And yes I did went to Forum Manager, scrolled to the bottom and added everything correctly, Just how you displayed it on the attachment pictures.

My VBulletin is 3.5.4

[defcon_420]

you rock! works great with 3.5.4

found the instructions a little unclear but works a treat!

[Devil Woman]

I am having the same problem as ant0nio I have followed the instructions to a T created a fhbanner folder added my image into there and I have tried the following

forums/images/fhbanner/picturename.jpg

and i have tried

images/fhbanner/picturename.jpg

Am i going wrong somewhere?

Nikki